Writing-pad holder.



R. E. WIGGINS.

WRITING PAD HOLDER.

AIPLIGATIOII FILED JULY s, 1910.

1,006,329, Patented Oct. 17,1911.

MGNTHLY STATEMENT atten/vm;

UNTTEU STATE@ PATENT FFT@F ROBERT E. WIGG-INS, OF NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI.

VVRITING-PAD HOLDER.

Looeee.

To all whom it 'may concern.

Be it known that T, ROBERT E. `WioeiNs, citizen of the United States,residing at Natchez, in the county of Adams and State of Mississippi,have invented new and useful Improvements in VVriting-Pad Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in writing pad holders, and theprimary` object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensivedevice of this class primarily adapted for use by bookkeepers forholding blank statements in pad form so as to prevent the leaves of thepad from bending and enabling the bookkeeper to keep his statement closeto the figures and items upon his ledger from which he has drawn off thestatement.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a device for holding apad of statements or the like so that the bookkeeper has a level surfaceto write on, and whereby a blank statement may be positioned near theaccount from which the bookkeeper is making a statement or bill so thatthe eyes of the bookkeeper are rested and a considerable amount of timesaved.

With the above, and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription progresses, the invention resides in the novel constructionand combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1.

is a view of the device constructed in accordance with the presentinvention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken upon the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.l

Tn the accompanying drawings the numeral 1 designates the improvedwriting pad holder. This writing pad holder is preferably constructed ofa single blank of rectangular material, such as metal or the like andthe said blank has all of its edges rolled for preventing the scratchingof the desk upon which the device is positioned.

The rectangular body member 1 is provided with a pair of longitudinallyextending parallel spaced slots or openingsQ, and the said slots oropenings are adapted to aline with similar slots 0r openings 8 providedupon a transversely arranged strip 4. This strip 4 which serves as thepad holding member has its opposite ends connected with the memberSpecification of Letters Patent.

`Application led July 6, 1910.

Patented Get. 17, 1911.

Serial No. 570,648.

1 and its body portion free thereover. The pad holding member 4 ispreferably constructed of some resilient material, so that the body ofthe same may be readily bent to position the pasteboard back 5 of a pad6 between the said strip and the body member 1. By this arrangement, itwill be noted that the cardboard back of the pad 6 is effectivelysustained upon the member 1 and that the leaves of the said pad willrest firmly upon the cardboard backing. Tn order to provide for theretaining of different sized writing pads in an adjusted position uponthe member 1, I provide a pair of slidable stop members 7 and 8. Thesestop members 7 and S are preferably constructed of some ieXiblematerial, such as rubber or the like, and each of the stop members ispreferably of a cross-sectional rectangular formation, so as to snuglyengage with the sides of the pad. Secured to each of the stop members 8is an adjusting screw 9, the same having its headed portion engaging thewalls adjacent the slot 2 in the body 1 and being projected through theslot 3 of the holding strip 4 as well as through the stop blocks 7 and8. The threaded extensions of these headed threaded members are engagedby suitable wing nuts 10 and 11. By this arrangement, it will be notedthat pads of different widths may have their edges rmly engaged by thestop blocks 7 and 8.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be noted that I have provided an eX- tremely simpleand thoroughly effective device for the purpose intended, and while Ihave illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of theimprovement, as it now appears to me, changes in minor details ofconstruction, within the scope of the following claims may be resortedto if desired.

Having thus fully described the invention, what T claim as new is 1. A.holder for writing pads comprising a flattened body member having itsedges rounded, a resilient strip having its ends secured to the edges ofthe body adapted to retain the writing pad upon the said body, both thestrip and body having longitudinally extending registering slotsarranged adjacent the opposite edges of both the body and the strip,blocks upon the strip, and

headed threaded members passing through adjustable stop blocks upon thestrip, subthe openings of the body and strip and enstantially as and forthe purpose set forth, 10

gagng the said blocks. In testimony whereof I afliX my signa- 2. Aholder for Writing pads comprising ture in presence of two Witnesses.

a body member, a resilient strip having its ROBERT E. WIGGINS.

opposite ends secured to opposite edges of Witnesses:

the body, the central portion of the strip WV. L. VILSON RUMBLE,

being free from the body and longitudinally W. H; STEWART.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

